US 12,064,314 B2
Dental appliance compliance monitoring
Bruce Cam, San Jose, CA (US); Yaser Shanjani, Milpitas, CA (US); Edi Fridman, San Jose, CA (US); Sergey Vinnichenko, Cary, NC (US); and Jun Sato, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/448,008.
Application 17/448,008 is a continuation of application No. 16/104,781, filed on Aug. 17, 2018, granted, now 11,123,156.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/546,987, filed on Aug. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0000585 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A61C 19/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 7/08 (2013.01) [A61B 5/4833 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 19/04 (2013.01); A61C 2204/007 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage case for an oral appliance, the storage case comprising:
a body having a shape and size for storing the oral appliance; and
a compliance indicator system including:
a sensor configured to sense one or more physical properties of the oral appliance and to provide a compliance signal that is associated with a time that the oral appliance is within the storage case;
one or more processors;
memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory comprising computer-program instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the compliance indicator system to:
identify one or more patient compliance factors based on the compliance signal, the one or more patient compliance factors providing a basis to determine an extent of compliance of usage of the oral appliance with an orthodontic treatment plan specific to a patient;
determine the extent of compliance of the patient based on the orthodontic treatment plan specific to the patient and the one or more patient compliance factors; and
output the extent of compliance of the patient for one or more stages of the orthodontic treatment plan.